The victim was taken to The Medical Center where he was treated for a gunshot to the left leg, police said. He was in stable condition.

Officer Nekeisha Edmonson was working a parttime job near Fort Benning Road and Evergreen Street when she heard several gunshots. She drove in the direction of the shots and found the man with blood on his pants.

The victim told the officer he had been shot at his father’s apartment on Benning Road while on the back porch.